Battle of The Online Brokerages !!!!

So this is just a forum to help decide which online broker is the best, i've done some research have personally decided TradeKing is the way to go, but I'm looking for some insight into your opinions and your reasons, any horror stories? amazing successes? which ones offer the best software and research programs? go at it

 
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coffeebateman:
Sogotrade

a scam according to google..hmmmm

I've been trading with them for over a year. Not a scam.

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I was with Scottrade forever (as in, more than 10 years). I was very satisfied, they had a local office, and the rates were good. However, I was getting crushed in commission on my options trades. They charged $9.99 a trade for equities (now $7), which isn't bad. But they charged (at the time) $29 for options trades, which is way out of line. They've since brought it down to $7 + $1.25 per contract, which is still on the high side. Nice trading and research platform, though.

About a year ago, thanks to WSO, I switched to OptionsHouse. Don't let the name fool you - they do way more than just options. Their trading and research platform is second to none, and their pricing is fantastic. They charge $2.95 for equity trades and their two-tier options pricing works out to about $1 an option in either case. As in, you buy 5 options - you pay $5. Customer service is really good both over the phone and online instant chat. Plus, every month or so, they offer trading webinars to teach new techniques. Overall, I couldn't be happier with them.

Of course, it's all a scheme to get you trading more. Another nice thing about OptionsHouse is that they handle all the tax forms for you. You just click on the button and it prints out IRS Schedule D already filled in for whatever year you have to file. I have to say I was pretty surprised with how many pages my Schedule D was for 2009. I traded my ass off (and thankfully made money, but who didn't last year?).

Anyway, that's my two cents. Hard to do better than OptionsHouse.

P.S. If you're just starting out, or you're testing a new trading system, OptionsHouse lets you trade on their real-time trading platform with $5,000 in funny money that they provide for you. As in, when you set up an account with them, they give you another paper-trading account with $5,000 in it to test different trading strategies in real time.

 

Scottrade. As of three years ago, they got the best execution for limit orders and second best for market-orders. And it's only $7/trade. Then again, every single trade I make on my own account needs to be signed off by my manager and go through a designated broker (whose execution or pricing isn't as competitive as I'd like). If you're making multiple trades every day and are dealing with moderate sums of money, InteractiveBrokers certainly offers a very good deal.

 

I had trade king for a few months, the userface is very simple and customer service is very good. However, it really depends how active you are going to be. Constantly making $5 trades gets expensive. I switched to interactive brokers, $1 trades and the interface is excellent to enter stops/limits etc. Endless opportunities with order execution and customization. Account minimum i believe is $10k, however you need $25k to "daytrade" and get around the 4 trades in a 5 day cycle rule.

 

Stocks - Lightspeed Options -Interactive Brokers Futures - Velocity Futures using Xtrader Platform.

Really depends on what you are looking for out of the platform, your time horizon, and what type capabilities you are looking for.

"Oh the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion" - Frank Slaughtery 25th Hour.
 
trade4size:
Stocks - Lightspeed Options -Interactive Brokers Futures - Velocity Futures using Xtrader Platform.

Really depends on what you are looking for out of the platform, your time horizon, and what type capabilities you are looking for.

I'm looking to open an account right now to trade equities and i saw lightspeed. So whenever i purchase 100 shares or less in a trade, the trade only costs 40 cents? seems like a fantastic deal if you arent buying penny stocks... and they claim there are no monthly trading minimums? what am i missing here?

 

If you have some decent dough in your account and trade often enough you can also try out TOS. No market data fees (like IB charges) and some pretty competitive rates (.01/share for stock - $5 minimum and $1 per contract for options).

 
Edmundo Braverman:
Sharebuilder is a gimmick to get pikers to invest. When you actually do the math on their commissions, it's absolutely brutal. Keep your money in a coffee can until you've saved up enough for a share of Google, and then use OptionsHouse or one of the other brokerages listed here that'll get it done for you for under $5.

Ha I was looking more at Berk but that was just for fun.

Anyway I've narrowed it down to TDAmeritrade, optionshouse, tradeking and scottrade. Do you have any input on these?

 
Edmundo Braverman:
Sharebuilder is a gimmick to get pikers to invest. When you actually do the math on their commissions, it's absolutely brutal. Keep your money in a coffee can until you've saved up enough for a share of Google, and then use OptionsHouse or one of the other brokerages listed here that'll get it done for you for under $5.
^^^ What he said.
 

I've had accounts with 3 out of the 4 (never been with TradeKing). My TDAmeritrade account goes all the way back to the old Kennedy Cabot days (1995-ish), so it's been awhile and I've never used their Internet platform. I was with Scottrade for a really long time and was very satisfied overall, but I'm a pretty heavy options trader and they just couldn't compete on options commissions.

I moved to OptionsHouse about three years ago, I think. Never looked back. Great trading platform, fantastic executions, and the commission rate is like a sore dick - you just can't beat it. Plus they give you a bunch of free trades when you sign up, I think. On top of all that, they're doing webinars all the time to teach different trading strategies, which is something I haven't seen any of the others do.

 

Have used various providers over the years, and here is my review of their services

Scottrade: C+ overall eTrade: B for service, B+ for platform, B- banking Schwab: A for service, C for platform, A for research, A for brokerage/banking link-up, C- for cost Merrill Edge: B+ overall, A for brokerage/banking link-up, A- for research

Current service used: Merrill Edge MarketPro

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I've has scottrade now for a month and I hate their platform. Mobile app is atrocious as well.

Debating on switching over to Merril Edge. Spoke with a rep and she said 30 free trades a month for the amount I'm transferring over.

Biggest problem I'm running into is that none of these firms offer foreign exchanges. Was really interested in some of the Asian markets as well as Canada, etc.

Might look into IB or one of the brokers that does. Suggestions welcome

 

It depends on what you are looking to do but the ones I highly recommend are: Interactive Brokers: I really want an acct here but don't see the point given I'm barred from trading individual names that my fund would buy. Very low commissions and really wide selection of securities / strategies to employ. If you're under like 25 then it's like $1 per trade and $3 per month minimum (so 1 trade in a month = $3, 3 = $3, 4 = $4). Please note that most of the below at MINIMUM are $7 per trade.

Vanguard: Best place to go to for long term buy-hold. Offer lowest price and best products for passive investing. Have a pretty good selection of mutual funds also but this isn't their main focus. Not sure if you can open a margin acct w/ Vanguard.... Jack Bogle would probably have a heart attack if 50% of his user base had one.

Schwab/Scottrade/TDAmeritrade/Etrade: I place these all in the same bucket of a lot of stuff but not really ideal for one reason or another. Usually higher commissions than the above two but wider selection of mutual funds.

 
Champs46:

Look into TradeKing. Low commissions, great customer service when I've dealt with them

i second this. i've had a pretty good experience with them - it's like $4 per trade i think.

also, sharebuilder by ING (or, i guess capital one now) is decent. trades are around $6 per trade i think (they just lowered prices from $10) and they have some research reports and whatnot. probably not any better or worse that td ameritrade, etrade, or whatever else.

Remember, once you're inside you're on your own. Oh, you mean I can't count on you? No. Good!
 

also, one thing i've found valuable is having my trading account affiliated with my bank account because transfers are free and almost immediate, whereas transferring funds one way or another between a separate account and your bank account takes around 5 days i think. if you're ever in a pinch and need some extra cash (i.e. laying out a fuck ton of money for an apartment deposit), this is a huge pain in the ass

Remember, once you're inside you're on your own. Oh, you mean I can't count on you? No. Good!
 

Thanks for the feedback. Does anyone know anything about or has anyone ever used OptionsHouse? I was reading up on it and it seems pretty good with a low flat rate of like $3.95 per trade...

Also, are there any big negatives to any of them that I should really watch out for? A little more information for what I'm looking to do with it, if it helps to point me in the right direction.. I think I will just use it to mostly play around with a few thousand dollars in stocks. Sell if they gain big, but otherwise hold. Definitely not a long-term retirement account or anything like that...

 

As alluded above, keep an eye on rates aside from simple trade commissions. Wire fees, transfer fees, deposit fees, and generally nickels and dimes everywhere. Echoing @snakeplissken, there's a strong argument to be made for using your bank's brokerage. For example, Merrill Edge is a pretty nice product, but it's extra nice if you're a BofA customer.

"There are three ways to make a living in this business: be first, be smarter, or cheat."
 

Interactive Brokers is definitely the lowest commissions and the greatest flexibility. However the UI isn't the best for beginners and you probably won't get the same type of help you would from a Fidelity or Charles Schwab. If you're just buying stocks to hold for years the difference between a $0.75 commission and $7.50 commission probably won't mean much but if you are doing anything more active I highly recommend IB.

 

Scottrade has a ton of research tools available, especially if you want to daytrade. I interned with them previously and worked with both the options trading platform department (Options First) and worked extensively with ScottradeELITE. Shoot me a PM if you have any questions and I should be able to help get you set up.

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Edmundo Braverman:
You're right about that, IP. Margins are off the hook these days. A feeble attempt by the CFTC to control speculation. Doesn't appear to be working.
Ehh, but it's going to limit the forced selling in the event of a panic. The CFTC is probably looking back to 2008 when oil prices dropped from $140 to $35 in a matter of months and figures that with the increased vol the commodities run-up is bringing (including vol to the downside as we're seeing today), increasing margin requirements is probably the wise- not really political- thing to do.

Also, remember that margin requirements apply to both short and long positions. So if there is a dollar panic, folks will have more time to exit their short positions just like folks will have more time to exit their long positions if there's a commodities panic.

Reagan called the CFTC his favorite regulatory agency. They did exactly what was required for an orderly market and little more. Risk management is all about politics until there's a panic or crash. Then everyone except the ultra-conservative investors facepalm and say, "Oh, that's why they increased margin requirements."

 

It really is a shame the CFTC is treated like the regulatory red-headed step-child of Wall Street. So much of what we've experienced over the past decade could have easily been prevented if the commission was given more respect. It's really hard to not be a conspiracy theorist when you look at the common sense controls proposed by Brooksley Born in the late '90s compared to who benefited most from the rape of the U.S. economy through the repeal of Glass-Steagall and the exemption from oversight of the derivatives market.

 
BTbanker:

Promise you won't be disappointed with TDameritrade's ThinkOrSwim platform. I've used them all, and it's the best.

Maybe, but I got shat on by an option trade the other day by TD (not TOS, just regular TD). Set a limit for "buy to open" and it opened at the limit. Meanwhile several trades were going on at a lower option price. The B/A spread was quite wide, but the movement was constant and all over the place.

I still felt I got screwed a bit on the price. Trade is working out well actually, but I could have been fucked.

 
ct banker:

If you want ETFs I would go with fidelity for sure. They give you free trades on a number of Ishares ETFs. Schwab also give you free trades on all schwab ETFs, but they are not as good as the Ishares.

Don't iShares have much higher % fees than schwab? What makes them better?

 
bic:

I use OptionsHouse for execution. $3.95 a trade. Great customer service.

I use ThinkOrSwim for charting. You can open an account for free. You don't have to chart where you trade.

I don't know what compels people to pay like $8+ a trade.

Huh. Never considered OptionsHouse, that's a pretty good pricing structure... what allows them to do that? Smaller/streamlined operations, less marketing spend?

I've been candlesticking with Thinkorswim for ages (it's where I started!) - was definitely considering sticking with them and using something else for executions.

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Second optionshouse.

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@jbone24 My only issue with tradeking is that the rates are no better than optionshouse at the level I am entering on, and the price for stocks under $2.00 is less at OptionsHouse.

Tradestation looks nice and has fair reviews when you are ready to invest the larger sum.

@bic - Not many responses here and OptionsHouse seems to be a favorite on this website so I will probably go with them. It would be nice if there were more reviews that are recent on OptionsHouse. The majority of the good reviews revolve around their $2.99 and $3.95 flat rate pricing. They are currently at $4.75.

I will leave this topic open for discussion and see if I get any replies over the weekend before moving forward with OH.

 
Ecalw001:

@jbone24 My only issue with tradeking is that the rates are no better than optionshouse at the level I am entering on, and the price for stocks under $2.00 is less at OptionsHouse.

Tradestation looks nice and has fair reviews when you are ready to invest the larger sum.

@bic - Not many responses here and OptionsHouse seems to be a favorite on this website so I will probably go with them. It would be nice if there were more reviews that are recent on OptionsHouse. The majority of the good reviews revolve around their $2.99 and $3.95 flat rate pricing. They are currently at $4.75.

I will leave this topic open for discussion and see if I get any replies over the weekend before moving forward with OH.

I'm paying $3.95 with OH.
 

What product though? Stocks? Financial Futures? Commodities? FX? There are a lot of brokers that specialize in particular areas. A pretty good broker with breadth is Interactive Brokers imo.

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What do you mean "Exotic Securities"? Exotic securities are things such as CDOs, Swaps, FX Forwards, etc. Provide clarity and we can provide an answer. Honestly though, you will have better luck with a platform like E-Trade because they do have a larger global capability.

Also, I would check out whether whatever platform you plan to use has advanced features for a higher minimum account value and the built in costs for making non-standard trades. With the nonstandard trades, you will be hit with a higher commission. For example, the shop I work for charges a the greater of 1% post report notional (The value of a foreign trade after accounting for FX Conversions if any, misc. fees, and any levies charged for trading in that market) or $300 USD for the minimum commission charged to execute a trade made in Indonesia. E-Trade charges 10 Pounds to make a trade in the UK. That's 30 bucks right there. Now, if you are doing exotic securities in foreign markets, that 30 bucks, may turn into 300 by the time you are done.

 

Be a little more specific on exactly you want to trade options in. Also give us an idea how big the account is as leasing a seat may be a viable option also if your doing enough volume.

Typically I like Interactive brokers because its a one stop shop for a ton of markets under one platform but I have a major gripe with how they treat option orders and that's the fees for canceling/modifying an order. This simply put is a gigantic pain in the ass and should be a major determining factor in which options broker you use as the fees can quickly erode your profit margins.

"Oh the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion" - Frank Slaughtery 25th Hour.

"Oh the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion" - Frank Slaughtery 25th Hour.
 

I would pretty much be looking for exposure to rates and currencies all across the world including smaller Asian/Latam markets if that's possible.

How is Interactive Brokers vs Velocity Futures?

 

I dont know anything about IR or currency options. As far as platforms go Velocity uses the X_trader platform which is the industry standard for trading futures. Velocity caters to the high volume guys who trade index futures and to a lesser extent energy and other futures.

"Oh the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion" - Frank Slaughtery 25th Hour.

"Oh the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion" - Frank Slaughtery 25th Hour.
 

Take that 3k and spend it on learning more about the product. Come back in 3 months you will think you are ready to trade and do a search for Bondarb's post on how to get started in trading. Follow his directions.

"Oh the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion" - Frank Slaughtery 25th Hour.

"Oh the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion" - Frank Slaughtery 25th Hour.
 

Can anyone post the link of Bondarb's post on how to get started in trading???

trade4size:
Take that 3k and spend it on learning more about the product. Come back in 3 months you will think you are ready to trade and do a search for Bondarb's post on how to get started in trading. Follow his directions.

"Oh the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion" - Frank Slaughtery 25th Hour.

 

Here are the answers to your technical questions:

There are two sources of value in a stock option: the time value and the intrinsic value. At expiration, there is no time value left, so the total value of the option is the intrinsic value. In your example, if you buy the 10 call and the stock moves to $15, the option will be worth at least $5 (the intrinsic value or parity). It could also still be worth more, depending on volatility and time left to expiration, which are the prime factors for determining the time value. Assuming there is no time value left, you should be able to exercise the option and sell the stock or simply sell the option contract for about the same amount. The difference is negligible, but it exists because of the bid/ask spread that will exist in both the stock and the options. The market for your $5 option might be $4.90/$5.10, so you would lose out on $.10 by selling it. Of course, exercising the option and selling the stock has transaction costs as well. More liquid stock options (or index options) will have much tighter spreads, and therefore should be much easier to trade.

If you buy an option for $1 and it is now worth $.50, of course you can sell it out for the loss. Again, you are subject to the bid/ask spread on both your purchase and sale.

A quick google search will let you find different brokerage sites where you can open an account with 3k, but Optionsexpress and Zecco may be good places to start. Other people may have other opinions.

 

If you are under 21, you only need 3000 to open.

As to your technical questions, you can look to the post above but you really need to learn a lot about options at least before you start trading. The questions you are asking are incredibly basic, and you should not be trading options at this point IMO... they can be very levered instruments and if you don't understand what you are doing and risking, you can lose a lot quickly.

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"Also, if I buy an option and the position initially goes against me, then the value of the contract should have decreased. Can I sell it back into the market at a loss? This way I can cut my losses quickly, instead of just waiting until expiration and losing the premium I paid for the option."

You can't sell anything to the market.

Options are highly leveraged instruments which essentially work on the premise of working around the spread between the strike and market prices (at the time when you exercise your options).

If you bought a call at $10 and exercise it when the stock is $15, the option writer will thus be paying you $5 (you don't actually buy or sell anything - the difference is paid to you). You therefore pocket the difference of ($5 - premium).

As for when you can exercise your options, it depends on the type of options you're holding on to - European options can only be exercised at maturity, while American options can be exercised at any time during the life of the option. Obviously, to compensate for the embedded flexibility in an American option (with everything else being equal), the premium would be higher for an American option.

Hope that bit is clear - trying to keep the stuff simple and explaining it in layman terms...

 

Pretty much all exchange traded options are American, meaning you can exercise them at any time. However, it is never optimal to exercise an American call option before maturity, hence the value of an American Call should equal the value of an European Call.

American Puts, on the other hand, do have the possibility of being optimal to exercise early, hence its value should be greater than or equal to the European Put.

And yes, you can sell the option in the open market at any time, assuming a market exists.

Jack: They’re all former investment bankers who were laid off from that economic crisis that Nancy Pelosi caused. They have zero real world skills, but God they work hard. -30 Rock
 

To clarify, what I meant was you can't physically sell any of the underlying to the market - you do not actually purchase or sell the physical stock in your options transaction...

 

Do not blow out your capital trading futures or options on futures. From reading your post you will lose your entire investment before your even get a chance to learn HOW to trade.

Example....

Your long 1 corn contract, market goes lock limit down, you WILL get a margin call. Do you pray to god the market turns around during the over night(which it won't)? Do you liquidate your position and take the loss in turn losing all your $$ on 1 trade, do you grab your balls and say the fundamentals(which I doubt you know) are wrong I'm going to withstand this brief ass whooping for a day or two?

Save up at least 15-20k, visit investopedia.com and demo trade in the mean time.

Please don't make me talk to you like an asshole...
 

If you are trading frequently IB is good, otherwise they have a monthly flat fee for inactivity ($10 or so I guess). Overall IB platform is quite solid I think.

You may also check TD Ameritrade, but probs it is not the best fit for FX or options trading.

 

Once you get 50k, MerrillEdge Platinum gives you 30 free trades per month. Other perks aren't bad either: http://www.merrilledge.com/platinum-privileges

Otherwise, IB is the cheapest.

If you want SS research, Schwab will get you Credit Suisse. MerillEdge will of course give you BAML research. Not that you should be using SS ER for investment advice - but it can be useful to see where consensus is.

 

If you are outside USA i advice you to trade with this broker, find more about in my blog: www dot irontrading dot com

(i can't post it here due to rule)

 

TD Ameritrade is not bad. Pretty good set of tools like TOS and Trade Architect. The research reports are meh. No disrespect to them as some of the authors might be here :) but I find many to be too general. Still interesting to read and if you're an aspiring analyst certainly good examples to use to begin formulating your own.

Tradeking is another one. The tools/research are minimal but low cost: $4.99/trade.

Most of my research comes from sources outside of my broker. I'm really after the one who can execute what I want to trade for lowest cost.

 

TradeKing will let you short. $4.95 trades too. Let me know if you want a referral.

  • Capt K
- Capt K - "Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. If you want to make ambitious people waste their time on errands, bait the hook with prestige." - Paul Graham
 

Tradeking.com is and has been my favorite - $4.95 trades.

- Capt K - "Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. If you want to make ambitious people waste their time on errands, bait the hook with prestige." - Paul Graham
 

^^^2nd opionshouse. I think it is the lowest out there. Doesn't sacrifice quality either

 

Think or Swim, hands down. They're dominant, AND they will match prices.

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Does anyone know what the size limit is on the $7 from scottrade or $4.95 from tradeking? I assume 1k shares then after that they start charging like .015/share? Maybe full 2c.

"Oh the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion" - Frank Slaughtery 25th Hour.
 
trade4size:
Does anyone know what the size limit is on the $7 from scottrade or $4.95 from tradeking? I assume 1k shares then after that they start charging like .015/share? Maybe full 2c.

For Scottrade you just can't trade penny stocks. Stock must be valued @ $1 and above w/ limit orders only. I dont know about tradeking.

Please don't make me talk to you like an asshole...
 

Bravo I am not talking about pennystocks If I want to buy 5k ADBE on scottrade how much is it going to cost me. And dont say $7 because that $7 per trade has a cap on how many shares its for.

"Oh the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion" - Frank Slaughtery 25th Hour.
 

@ Trade4size

You can buy 5k shares of ADBE and they will only charge you $7 if your whole order gets filled with in that day. If you have a GTC order going lasting several days they will charge you $7 per day until the order is filled.

..aslong as your stock is valued above $1(which ABDE is) it's $7 commission.

Please don't make me talk to you like an asshole...
 

....and you must place the trade online, broker assisted is more but I figure you will be placing the trade yourself.

Please don't make me talk to you like an asshole...
 

I'm a fan of fidelity

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I have one account with TradeKing and I've been pretty happy with them. I'm not very active in it except for dividend reinvestment. I opened a new account with Interactive Brokers because their rates are much lower but TK is definitely easier to use.

 

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